towne32

.Mac. said:

I have no problem with having different directors for SW, but I guess I am still somewhat surprised that Lucasfilm already decided to hire another director (without first seeing if VII bombs or is successful - hopefully the latter). I'm guessing JJ had told Lucasfilm that he certainly does not want to return for another SW. It really is a daunting task to take on any SW duties these days, that's for sure. Rian is a good choice to take over though, I approve.

That would be my assumption for JJ as well. They're probably not moving on from him after a few weeks of filming otherwise.

Sounds like IX is not confirmed and he's doing a story treatment and they'll see how it goes.

I've seen Lawrence's name attached to VIII and IX writing rumors, but not sure what's doing on.

Have seen people complaining about not having someone else for IX. Obviously, if he bombs, I'll wish that someone else took over. But assuming he doesn't, it will be nice to have consistency, especially with the writing.

Funny tweet from a month ago: http://www.jedinews.co.uk/common/CreateThumbNail.aspx?image=/images/news/articles/rian_j_ep7-8_1.jpg&filetype=jpg&size=800

I've never seen Looper*, but two of the three Breaking Bad episodes he did were fantastic (the other was as good as any season 5 episode, but I don't recall the direction standing out above the others).

*that will soon change. Sounds good.

http://www.therpf.com/f79/1-1-millennium-falcon-cockpit-replica-group-build-147319/index207.html

http://alienbee.net/super-awesome-star-wars-photoshoot-gallery/

http://wikidi.com/view/tatooine (click view all images)

The good news is that you continue to check back on that website, and they get the clicks they so desire.

Rebooting the prequels is a very fanwanky thing to do, not Disney's job, and should indeed be left to fan edits or personal decisions of what is canon. 

It's Disney's job to make a great sequel trilogy that makes up for the prequels, and makes Star Wars (when considering the entirety of it), into "two out of three ain't bad", instead of a minority of great movies sandwiched between 12 hours of bullshit.

http://www.theraider.net/films/todoom/making_4_instudio.php

Was interesting reading a few more details and quotes about his Temple of Doom recovery.

We might get that evidence once "Rebels" launches. But if the films are great, I won't complain.

Updated it in ways more slight than anyone cares about. :) (link changed)

Added a wipe to remove the more egregious Dewback/Trooper clip: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6tzxOUvF1V0Mf88kMo

Spliced in Harmy's immaculate sentry bot-free search shot and tried to match color grading: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6sBrYPXo2n6iZ88kLq

Reproduced wipe to show droids outside without CGI dewback: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k2UxgJOE0k5qCr88njC

Added burned-in Greedo subtitles that I think look decent. Nearly correct font, shadow, some blur: http://i.imgur.com/uP9YbHD.jpg

So aside from tweaking colors and contrast, I think it's how I want it. Nothing breathtaking here, but I'm learning a lot at least. Any comments or advice?

I think the idea that it is the door hurt him is speculation.

I agree about not linking to thesun. I've actually seen it forbidden on another forum (as they had run trashy lie 'articles' related to the subject discussed there. Kremlin might know it, based on his avatar). I think banning is extreme, but discouraging it makes sense as the page being linked to is just clickbait.

I recommend just hotlinking to the image you wanted to share. The fact that they make it difficult to do makes it all the more important to do so. :)

http://img.thesun.co.uk/aidemitlum/archive/01999/falcon_1999627a.jpg

"STAR Wars actors are in revolt after Harrison Ford was crushed in a near tragic accident on the set of the new movie."

? I assume this is a scam to get subscribers for thesun? Also makes the door image questionable. 

They probably let the previous image leakers go (or, in fact, permitted it). But if someone is actually leaking images to tabloids about an on set injury, maybe they'll actually get fired. Good chance it's some nobody anyway.

Inspired by the semi-specialized work of kk650, this morning I thought I would attempt to put something together that resembles what I’ve been discussing in his thread. In doing so, I have come to understand his points against my changes. 😃

Started with the kk650 ANH (retro color) V2. I’m also doing this on my own fresh bluray source, but I’m indecisive about the colors gradings I’ve come up with, and he already has most of the other changes I want. Not getting too bogged down in the color, as I am looking forward to seeing KK’s more saturated releases.

I’ve shamefully stolen Harmy’s amazing work to further despecialize. Though I wanted to use 2.5 for all of it, I just couldn’t get the color I wanted out of the (excellent) 35mm parts. I may try again. I think I upped the saturation on the 2.5 and reduced it (and blue highlights) in 1.0.

Result: Crossfades and music cuts that didn’t cause me too much trouble. The hardest sounding cut, after the yellow car, is there in the original. Loss of a few robot frames. Only see dino CGI from a distance, no sentry bot, and no CGI dewback.

Anyway, here it is:

(updated to fix some sound and upgrade to Harmy 2.5 for the stormtrooper closeup without sentry bot)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/k6qzRgBbUdJCpN88n36

Looks great and seamless. Might even be worth keeping, depending on how the 35mm turn out.

But, for some reason, I thought you had already done this. Maybe that was for different scenes. In the cloud city previews you posted before, the border was certainly expanded from the cropped bluray (I think I even complimented you on how flawless it looked and asked how hard it is to color grade a splice like that). The chair on the right side of the screen, the to of 3P0's head, and the control panel were all back in frame. Right?

Great! I'm sure these will be my definitive versions when I feel like watching with a bit of circa-millennial George Lucas nonsense. :)

Will this have be surround sound or stereo?

kk650 said:

towne32 said:

Thanks. It's strange, the screenshots you've got above actually look more green/yellow than the clip, and even more so than the V2 release (so, retro). The problem is probably on my end, but I've got them side-by-side so I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy. I like the look in the MKV.

This may be asking a lot, but do you have the ability to render short split-screen clips of all three? I just know I'm going to end up downloading more than one to figure out which I prefer, but maybe that kind of comparison would help avoid doing that.

Nice spot! You're right, imgur for some reason turns images that you upload onto it a little green, no idea why, its pretty annoying. I used to use imageshack that didn't have these colour issues but my trial ran out. The mkv is exactly how its going to look.

Unfortunately the program I use to grade these doesn't have the ability to create split screen videos. I would say that if you feel the Classic version is too saturated for you, check out the Retro release and if you think it's not colourful enough, check out the Technicolor release. I would personally check out all three of Star Wars myself, they all offer their own distinct 'feeling' and decide which I prefer from there and download the same one of the other two.

 Thanks. I'm glad I checked the MKV, or I might have skipped the classic grading.

I'll probably grab the classic and technicolors. I've got the ANH 'retro' V2 and, while it looks good, it's a bit flat for my taste (whether or not it's accurate). I've been doing my own grading recently, and it's pretty frustrating. But the ones I've been happier with have been on the more saturated side.

Thanks. It's strange, the screenshots you've got above actually look more green/yellow than the clip, and even more so than the V2 release (so, retro). The problem is probably on my end, but I've got them side-by-side so I'm pretty sure I'm not crazy. I like the look in the MKV.

This may be asking a lot, but do you have the ability to render short split-screen clips of all three? I just know I'm going to end up downloading more than one to figure out which I prefer, but maybe that kind of comparison would help avoid doing that.

mfastx said:

I doubt they go against PT Boba.  I'd imagine they'll pick up his story in the years after ROTS. 

 I hope the entire movie is just a Lemmiwinks (South Park) type tale of his journey through the digestive tract of the Sarlacc.

What sort of feedback are you looking for as far as things that can be 'missed'? 

Jedi is probably the least favorited by fans. But it's still loved, and the damage done to it by the Special Editions is by far the most profound, and this project is important for that reason. The changes to ANH are a bit 'in your face', but it was more about the spectacle and not completely altering the film. Empire SE was tasteful enough that I can sit through it and enjoy the whole thing. Jedi rocks and the Anakin ghost are just film-ruining changes.

As someone else recently said, I grew up with the pre-SE VHS and watched it more than either of the others. No matter how many times I watched it, the Sarlacc was just this immense, bizarre, slightly terrifying concept. And now it's a smooth digital beak thing that lives in a hole.

timdiggerm said:

 

If you agree not to share, but still do so, you will barred from getting Empire, and Jedi and other future releases we have planned.

I assume barred from getting pre-release, not final product. Seems fair, although certainly hard to enforce.

We will also take preventative measures.

 What does this mean?

Probably watermarks or similar. Very minor changes in different discs, etc.

I didn't know you guys had two blogs. But I haven't been around here long. Glad that things are reaching an advanced stage like this.

team_negative1 said:

towne32 said:

team_negative1 said:

We know there doesn't seem to be a lot of interest in Jedi. However, we will be posting some shots from the unaltered original version, including but not just:

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The Rancor, the Sarlacc pit, the dance scene, and few more.

Let us know of any other ones of interest.

Team Negative1

 Very much interested. But also well aware that it will probably be quite a wait before it is complete.

 Not to get your hopes up. But the damage is relatively a lot less than empire. It's a lot more than our Star Wars LPP.

We do have multiple prints, so we can combine them for a better one.

Honestly, besides color correction. More than 60% of this movie is watchable right now.

Team Negative1

 Well despite your best effort, my hopes are up. :P

Do you think, then, that it surpass the others films in completion status? Or perhaps it already has, for Empire.

team_negative1 said:

We know there doesn't seem to be a lot of interest in Jedi. However, we will be posting some shots from the unaltered original version, including but not just:

=====================================================

The Rancor, the Sarlacc pit, the dance scene, and few more.

Let us know of any other ones of interest.

Team Negative1

 Very much interested. But also well aware that it will probably be quite a wait before it is complete.

edit: went back and figured it out.

So, retro is similar to the V1 releases.

Technicolor is the more saturated version.

Classic is... somewhere in between?

It's nice to have options. Hopefully you're not having to do 12 releases of RoTJ (yubnub/new endings, 9gb and 16gb, 3 color gradings).

Adywan's is more of a reimagining. He's in a way going beyond Lucas, and fixing all the things that he and other ans have found to be wrong, including filming custom material, making new effects, etc. It's an awesome project, and very interesting, but not my cup of tea as far as a "go-to" version of the film. 

Harmy's is trying to get as close to a blu-ray quality version of the theatrical release as possible. So, in a way, they're quite opposite from one another. But the SEs are like the South Pole. No matter what direction you step from it, things are looking up.

Thanks. I was considering conversion as the best option. So long as I can attach every track to the video and have them move/cut/whatever cleanly and in sync, this sounds good.

edit: It looks like I've got it figured out.